Secure fastening means



Feb. 12, 1935. s. QUISLING SECURE FASTENING MEANS Filed Oct. 17, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 12, 1935. s. QUISLING SECURE FASTENING MEANS Filed Oct. 1'7, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i atentecl Feb. 12 I935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

SECURE FASTENING MEANS Sverre Quisling, Madison, Wis. Application October 17,1933, Serial No. 693,994

7 4'Claims. (Cl.292-137)' This invention relates to improvements in member, are curved fingers 7, so shaped as to fit secure fastening or locking means for connectthe inside curvature of the member 1. ing together the free edges of adjacent rigid The member 1 and its companion member 2 members. have depending flanges 8 and 9 to which are The object of this is to provide fastening means secured the open ends of a hand bag 10. 5

for closures which shall be simple in operation Threaded through the member 1, is a coacting and positive in action. sliding piece or cord "11 which is brought out A further object of the invention is a provision thr u h a Opening at the top to form a loop, of locking means which will be proof against threaded back through the other side of the.

accidental opening when once closed. member, d threugh the bag a Out a the 10 A further object is to provide a closure which b t om to f m a second l op- T sliding piece shall be substantially air tight. or cord has along its length certain distances of 431 1 preferrd embodiment of th i increased thickness as at 12 and decreased thicktion is herein shown and described, it is underneSS as at 3- V v v 15 .stood that changes may be made within the scope The fin r '7, he m mb r 2, are at their 15 of what is claimed. outer ends, spaced apart at a distanceslightly In the drawings; greater than thelesser diamjeter lB of the slid- Figure 1 is a, side elevation of d i oning piece or cord but much less than the greater structed in accordance with the invention and diameter of 12. When the closure members are applied to a hand bag, parts being shown in brought to h the fingers 7, eXtehdihg 20 section; through the cut out portions 6 of the member 1,

Figure 2 is an end view of the de i i open will pass over the smaller diameter of the slidposition; ing piece or cord 11. When the loop at the top Figure 3 is a, sectio n the lin 3 3 of of the bag is pulled, the greater diameter 12 of Figure 1; said cord 11 will slide between the fingers 7, 25

Figure 4 is a section n th li 4 4 f pulling the two members of the closure more Figure 1; tightly together and securely locking'them in Figure 5 is a section showing the members of place A D1111 p the D at he bottom of locking means disengaged; the bag will draw the lesser diameter of the cord Figure 6 shows a modified form of bag closure; 13 between the fingers, and the closure is released 30 Figure '7 is a vertical section showing a closure and ay be easily p d- Enlarged portions applied to a cylindrical metal container; and, y he provided 011 the d Outside Of the b Figure 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8-8 so that the 00rd may not he accidentally pulled of Figure '7. completely within the bag or a ring may be Referring to the drawings in detail, the present fastened t this p t- The o p ring at t 35 embodiment of the invention is shown to comprise p of the bag ay Serve as a handle which will a substantially tubular, rigid closure member 1, p event the bag being Op d either accidentally and its companion rigid member of semicircular Or by a t ef W ho the knowledge of the cross section 2, hinged together at their lower Carrier- 40 ends as at 3. The member 1, altho substantially A Slightly modified form is shown in Figure 40 circular in cross section is pressed inwardly to less The Same closure is used eXCePt Shape,

diameter for half of its circumference forming a but the Sliding member Or cord extends in a seat 4 and Shoulders 5 against which its longer loop outside of the bag, thereby forming panion member 2 rests when the closure is shut. longer a by which the bag may be carried By forming this seat, the closure when locked The .shdmg segment. or solid in this form has shut has a cylindrical shape with no protruding g gg gp g of lts.le.ngth enlarged or rough edges which might hang into or tear g 0 5 type shdmg segment t clothing of the user. P 1n e1 er direction will release the closure.

In Figures '7 and 8 the closure is shown ap- At severail pomts throughout its t i the plied to a cylindrical metal container. In this 50 member 1 15 out for P P Its f form, the main member 1 is secured to the body ference upon the slde facmg 1175 Compamon of a container 15, while its companion member member 2, as at 6. 2 is secured to a top or cap 16. The same closure Formed on the companion member, at points means is used as before in conjunction with the opposite to the cut out portions 6 of the main type sliding segment shown in Figure 6. In both 55 these forms the sliding segment or cord has a ure 8'for the purpose of moving relative position of said sliding piece. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:-

' 1. In a device of the character described, a main member and a companion member, the main member being tubular. in shape and having cut out portions and the companion member carrying arch shaped fingers adapted for engagement with said out out portions, a sliding segment of varying diameter threaded through the main member so that main and companion members are locked together and unlocked upon relative longitudinal'movement of said sliding segment.

2. Means for connecting the free edges of two adjacent separable rigid members, the first member being of hollow construction with keeper opening means cut in its side, said member containing incased therein a slidable elongated segment havinga portion of its length of small diameter'and'a portion of larger diameter, the second opposed member having are shaped projecting means extending into the cutout keeper opening means in the first member, whereby said 7 two opposed members are fastened together when the larger diameter of the elongated member in the first segment is drawn inside the arch of said projecting means of the second member, and are separable when the small diameter replaces it.

3. In a device of the character described two separable rigid opposed members, arch shaped fingers extending from the first member, a wall on the second member having keeper openings for receiving said arch shaped fingers, an elongated segmentslidable withinthe wall of the second member and having a portion thereof of enlarged cross section so as to latch the first and'second members together when the portion of enlarged cross section ismade to slide between the arch shaped fingers of the first members when projecting into :the keeper openings in the second member and so as to unlatch said opposing members when the portion of smaller cross section replaces it. v

4, In a device of the character describ ed, two

separable rigid'opposed members, the first of said members having a passageway therethru con-j taining an elongated-slidable segment of large 7 and smaller cross section with cutout keeper openings in the wall of said passageway, the second member having projections adapted to pass 

